PAWN

embedded scripting language

February 2006

ITB CompuPhase

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Table of contents

Foreword - Page 3-5

A tutorial introduction - Page 5-62

Data and declarations - Page 62-70

Functions - Page 70-93

The preprocessor - Page 93-97

General syntax - Page 97-104

Operators and expressions - Page 104-112

Statements - Page 112-117

Directives - Page 117-124

Proposed function library - Page 124-134

Pitfalls: differences from C - Page 134-137

Assorted tips - Page 137-148

Appendices - Page 148-183

∟ Error and warning messages - Page 148-168

∟ The compiler - Page 168-174

∟ Rationale - Page 174-181

∟ License - Page 181-183